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Instead, he said, “In a minute.”

This was unavoidable. The neighborhood was full of people who had bought their houses in 2015 for $400,000 and were now sitting on $1.2 million of borrowed equity. They spoke about interest rates the way sailors spoke about tides—with superstitious dread and the quiet certainty that the water would eventually rise to kill them all. john persons pool party

At six o’clock, the sun began to lower, and the light turned gold and cruel. Shadows stretched across the lawn like accusations. Instead, he said, “In a minute